St Hilda's College
- Date
- 21 February 2026 / 12-6pm
The Mackinnon Society is named in recognition of St Hilda’s College’s first Medical Fellow and Tutor, Pamela Mackinnon, University Lecturer in Human Anatomy, co-author of the seminal Oxford Textbook of Functional Anatomy, and the driving force behind the inception and development of the Jacqueline du Pré Music Building. The Mackinnon Society serves to support the academic interests of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences students at St Hilda’s College through initiatives within these disciplines and to host exciting events for our students and alumnae.
To celebrate the foundation of the Society, we will be holding the first Mackinnon Society Conference on Saturday 21 February 2026. The Conference will comprise an engaging day of keynote speakers from a variety of medical specialties and biomedical research fields, followed by a four-course formal dinner, with plenty of opportunities to reconnect with fellow medicine and biomedical sciences alumnae, and with our current student body.
11:30 Registration
12:00 Introduction and welcome from Dr Caroline Lucas, Dr Pamela Mackinnon's daughter
12:10 Keynote speakers: Professor John Morris, Human Anatomy; Dr Kerry Walker, Auditory Neuroscience; Dr Claire Thomas, Infection Prevention and Control
14:00 Afternoon tea
15:00 Keynote speakers: Dr Rob Kitchen, Generative AI in Drug Development; Dr Helen Turner, Endocrinology and Turner Syndrome
16:10 Student electives
16:45 Tutor address
18:30 Drinks reception
19:30 Dinner
If you have any questions, please get in touch via the Society’s email address: mackinnonsociety@st-hildas.ox.ac.uk
Please book your place below. Any additional donations added at checkout will be used to subsidise the cost of tickets for students.